Jay-Z Situation Room picture reveals looser security standards at White House
Rapper Jay-Z’s apparent visit to the White House Situation Room Wednesday reveals a radical departure from the last eight years of security policy, according to a senior Bush administration official.
According to photos released by an anonymous twitter user, Jay-Z, along with his entourage and his wife Beyonce, visited the White House Wednesday before a concert in Washington, D.C. During the visit, Jay-Z and company were apparently allowed access to the Situation Room. Photos from the visit feature Jay-Z sitting at the head of the table in the Situation Room under the president’s seal.
Historically, the Situation Room requires a high level of clearance due to the presence of sensitive information. “I believe the only exceptions had to be okay’d by either the chief of staff, national security adviser or the deputy chief of staff,” the Bush official wrote in an e-mail.
An e-mail to the White House asking if the pictures do in fact show Jay-Z in the Situation Room has not been returned.
The Bush official, who was present for a remodeling of the Situation Room in 2006, added, “We made very few exceptions to the rule, usually a visiting foreign dignitary attending a meeting there or someone without a clearance who needed to be briefed in that facility for some reason.”
Jay-Z announced his support for Obama in March of 2008, and claims to be in frequent contact with the president, both via text and regular phone calls. Beyonce sang for the Obamas’ first inaugural dance.
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Jay-Z Situation Room picture reveals looser…
they should have left it at that
I’m reminded of a 3 year old kid sittin on a Harley. You know that no one in their right mind would let them drive it. . . . NO NOT THAT BUTTON JAY-Z!!!!!!!
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That is an abomination, and an embarrassment to the highest and most respected office in the free world. I remember when people revered the White House and honored it. Now it has become a mockery akin to some low-brow, VH1 reality show.
What also bothers me is that the Obama’s have deemed it now as “The People’s House.” That doesn’t sound anything like a socialist-themed moniker reminiscent of the Soviet Era, or even today’s Venezuela…
Oh, how I weep for our nation…
In the interest of being fair I have to point out that the white house has always been called “the people’s house”. Early Presidents and First Ladies frequently invited the general public in for functions. I think the worst part of it is that a visit to the white house has become the ultimate perk for high dollar political donors and other hacks that an administration is trying to shmooze.
Another example of how Obama and his cronies have crossed the line into “hollywood.” And, you thought the Greek columns were something…
Bozo White House. Clown Congress. Most corrupt administration.
Nepotism at its best.
This should come as no surprise. BO is from the thug side of Chicago. Birds of a feather flock together, as the saying goes.
what is this, Bring Your Rapper to Work Day?
I don’t want kids in control room towers, and I don’t want celebrities in the Situation Room. Is nothing sacred anymore?
You get this wrong.
The rapper/R&B mutts were not in the room during an event.
What is an outrage is that the President of the United States would let such mutts into a special event in the White House under any circumstances.
Next we will see the inevitable videos of someone having sex on the conference table or some similar desecration as just one more example of Obama’s “in your face America” tour.